Oh? You’re Approaching Me? [Primer]

Commander / EDH BR (Rakdos) Burn Combo Dragons Primer Storm Theme/Gimmick

Control_Train

Land (30)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Haunted Ridge
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 1x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
• 1x Sulfurous Mire
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Creature (16)

• 1x Birgi, God of Storytelling  ^Flip
• 1x Bladewing the Risen
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Dragon's Rage Channeler
• 1x Flame Channeler  ^Flip
• 1x Florian, Voldaren Scion
• 1x Goldspan Dragon
• 1x Guttersnipe
• 1x Knollspine Dragon
• 1x Laelia, the Blade Reforged
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Neheb, the Eternal
• 1x Nightscape Familiar
• 1x Prosper, Tome-Bound
• 1x Runaway Steam-Kin
• 1x Storm-Kiln Artist

Artifact (10)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Cursed Mirror
• 1x Glittering Stockpile
• 1x Helm of Awakening
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Ruby Medallion
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spellweaver Helix
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence

Instant (6)

• 1x Burnt Offering
• 1x Fire Covenant
• 1x March of Reckless Joy
• 1x Storm King's Thunder
• 1x Valakut Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Commander (1)

Sorcery (32)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 17x Dragon's Approach
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Inspired Tinkering
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Light Up the Stage
• 1x Past in Flames
• 1x Reckless Impulse
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Seize the Spotlight
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Wheel of Misfortune
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Harness the Storm
• 1x Pyromancer Ascension
• 1x Theater of Horrors
• 1x Underworld Breach
• 1x Waste Not

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This deck can’t beat the shit out of you without getting closer. So, this is my take on the new card Dragon's Approach in EDH. There are very few dragons in the list, I'm just trying to abuse the mechanic of having multiple copies in my deck since the spell itself isn't awful. There are a lot of cards you can play in a deck like this that you can't profitably in other decks, which really appeals to me.

Why Obosh

Dragon's Approach is odd converted mana cost (or mana value now). It goes well together. That's really it. You could probably go Kess for more recursion but I'm trying to power out quicker wins.

What the hell does this deck do?

The goal of this deck is to cast Dragon's Approach or copy it as many times as possble. There are a few value dragons but they aren't really the main theme. It's a psuedo-storm deck for me.

Winning Faster

These cards help me win faster by giving me more copies of Dragon's Approach or by increasing my damage.

• Harness the Storm
• Pyromancer Ascension
• Guttersnipe
• Spellweaver Helix

Mana

These cards generate mana or help reduce the cost of other cards.

• Birgi, God of Storytelling  
• Storm-Kiln Artist
• Runaway Steam-Kin
• Ruby Medallion
• Dockside Extortionist
• Sol Ring
• Arcane Signet
• Rakdos Signet
• Talisman of Indulgence
• Jeska's Will
• Helm of Awakening
• Nightscape Familiar
• Goldspan Dragon
• Neheb, the Eternal

Recursion

These cards help me get cards back from my graveyard or play them from there in case they are countered, milled, destroyed, or discarded.

• Past in Flames
• Yawgmoth's Will
• Underworld Breach

Removal

These are board wipes. Most decks need them.

• Toxic Deluge
• Blasphemous Act
• Fire Covenant

Tutors

These cards let me find other cards I need. Feel free to play less of these if you don't like tutors, but I'm playing basically a soft combo deck, and since Rakdos isn't known for its draw power, I have tutors to find what I need for an appropriate situation.

• Demonic Tutor
• Vampiric Tutor

Jotaro

The Dragons

• Knollspine Dragon
• Goldspan Dragon
• Bladewing the Risen

Draw

This section has all the card advantage options in the deck.

• Flame Channeler  
• Phyrexian Arena
• Knollspine Dragon
• Reckless Impulse
• Cathartic Reunion
• Dragon's Rage Channeler
• Memory Jar
• Theater of Horrors
• Wheel of Fortune
• Reforge the Soul
• Wheel of Misfortune
• Change of Fortune
• Jeska's Will
• card:Laeliea, the Blade Reforged
• Florian, Voldaren Scion

Budget Options

• There are obviously a lot of expensive cards here that I just already own that make the deck more powerful. If you can't or don't want to play these, I understand.
• My suggestion would be to adjust to your local meta at that point. If you need more board wipes, add more budget board wipes. Same for spot removal or maybe hand disruption. Any expensive tutor can just be Dark Petition, Diabolic Tutor, Insidious Dreams, or whichever budget tutor suits your fancy.
• Dockside Extortionist, Neheb, and Goldspan Dragon can just be mana rocks, although Birgi, Storm-Kiln, and Runaway Steam-Kin are relatively crucial to storming off successfully. For land budget cuts, just run more basics or taplands.
• There is honestly no budget replacement for a lot of the recursion spells, but I would say in that case just add more copies of Dragon's Approach because if you're running lower on other utility cards, just having more raw ways to cast your win condition is useful too.

Thanks for stopping by and reading this or just checking out the list. If you like it, I appreciate imaginary internet points in the form of upvotes or comments. As always I'm open to suggestions as this is a rough draft. And if you see anyone else building around this card in commander, let me know cause I'll want to see it.

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position overall 3 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	2 years
Exclude colors	WUG
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 51 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 25 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.91
Tokens	Spirit 1/1 C, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B
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